City Hall is to investigate how high service charges are affecting London’s housing crisis after assembly members found that an average household was paying nearly £4,000 per year in fees. The Greater London Authority, which is headed by the mayor, Sir Sadiq Khan, has approached the London Housing Panel – a group set up to […]
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City Hall’s ‘ridiculous’ move to Royal Docks panned as building work drags on
Doubts have been cast over whether the Greater London Authority will be able to move into The Crystal building in the Royal Docks before Christmas after pictures showed the extent of work still to be done. Sadiq Khan announced plans last year to end the lease at City Hall and move the GLA to Greenwich’s […]
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Silvertown Tunnel scrutiny row leads to assembly bust-up at City Hall
A row over scrutinising the Silvertown Tunnel has led to Labour angrily accusing the Greens and Liberal Democrats at City Hall of “being in bed with the Tories”. The disagreement blew up on Friday as London Assembly members met to decide who will chair the scrutiny body’s committees for the new term. Labour had wanted […]
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City Hall’s move to ‘amazing’ Royal Docks is confirmed by mayor
The home of London’s government will move from City Hall to the Royal Docks by the end of next year, Sadiq Khan has confirmed today. London’s mayor said the new base at the Crystal – an events centre next to the Royal Victoria Dock – will save the Greater London Authority £61 million over five […]
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Londoners asked to withhold council tax to stop Silvertown Tunnel
Londoners are being asked to withhold part of their council tax in protest at Sadiq Khan’s plans to continue building the Silvertown Tunnel. Protesters from Extinction Rebellion have gathered outside City Hall this evening to launch the protest, which asking Londoners to not pay 22% of one month’s council tax – the portion that goes […]
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Climate protesters stage Silvertown Tunnel protest at City Hall
Climate change activists have protested outside City Hall this morning as part of a new campaign against the planned Silvertown Tunnel. Protesters met London Assembly members Caroline Pidgeon (Lib Dem) and Caroline Russell (Green) and handed in a letter for mayor Sadiq Khan asking him to scrap the £1 billion project to build a new […]
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City Hall throws out Lewisham’s 34-storey Tesco tower over unaffordable housing
London’s deputy mayor for housing has overturned Lewisham Council’s backing for a 34-storey tower close to the Lewisham Tesco store, saying the amount of “affordable” housing on offer is “wholly unacceptable”. The Meyer Homes scheme, which consists of three blocks of 34, 14 and eight storeys, was passed by four votes to three by Lewisham’s […]
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